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Accessibility and Universal Design

Certain accessibility requirements must be addressed when developing learning materials for electronic dissemination to students. Online education courses, resources and materials must be designed and delivered in such a way that the level of communication and course-taking experience is the same for students with or without disabilities.

Background

The 2011 Distance Education Accessibility Resolution by Foothill College Faculty Academic Senate strongly encourages faculty to familiarize themselves with the requirements specified in the Distance Education Accessibility Guidelines for Students with Disabilities and to take immediate steps to ensure that their online courses and materials are in compliance with these guidelines.

By law, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act , learning materials, including interfaces, images, sounds, multimedia elements, and all other forms of information, must be made available for used by anyone, regardless of disability.

Get Help

Learn how to make your online course and learning materials available to ALL students regardless of learning style or disability and then get assistance from staff.

Captioning/Transcription

State-funded grants are available to get professional captioning and transcription for video or audio content that you have created for your online and/or hybrid courses. In order to apply for funding please send the following to Online Learning:

Your name and contact info

Course Number, Section and Title of course that will contain the video or audio (must be fully online or hybrid course)

Quarter that you will use the video or audio: Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Spring 2015